Green Lantern: The New Guardians #8Review

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The last Yellow Lanterns are on the run.

By Joshua Yehl

The Sinestro Corps was dismantled in the pages of Green Lantern, but since Arkillo was on a mission with the New Guardians, he is just now finding out about it. And boy is he is mad. Tony Bedard focuses on Arkillo's reaction to the news and his move to salvage his power, but he also continues to weave a tapestry of interconnecting lore for the different colored Lantern Corps.

The Weaponer of Qward was created by Bedard, so it is little surprise that he winds up being the lone surviving member of the Sinestro Corps on Korugar. That is not a horrible thing since the Weaponer's unique abilities and weapons are a welcome sight in a book where nearly every character wields a power ring. Speaking of power rings, Arkillo is on the verge of losing his, but not enough time was spent exploring what that means to his character. The cast of this book is already huge, so when a character gets some time in the spotlight, it had better be put to good use.

Tyler Kirkham has his highs and lows this issue. He does an admirable job of creating a different visual flavor for each Corps member and executing some great action scenes. However, a lot of details are lost along the way. There is a certain amount of grace to sequential art that is not present on a few of his pages. This is not entirely his fault, as the heavy inks and Bedard's boisterous amount of dialogue muck up a fair amount of pages. And to cap it off, this issue seems to be competing with Catwoman for the highest amount of cheesecake shots in an issue.